After Big Lots closed and its former Sisk Road location stayed vacant for over a year, its neighbor, Ashley furniture, jumped to the bigger unit. A business new to Stanislaus County now is renovating the space Ashley left empty.
Total Wine & More is a spirit, wine and beer store founded by two brothers in Delaware in 1991. Its website says it is the “nation’s largest independent beverage retailer,” with nearly 300 stores across 30 states and the District of Columbia.
Comparatively, BevMo — in the same Sisk Road shopping center — operates over 160 stores in California, Arizona and Washington…